Friday, April 23, 2010

A dear friend of mine, Phil Lawrence, is premiering his first film, “Numb,”at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival. Although this is short notice, he has enlisted the help of his friends and family to help spread the word that tickets are available for this 1:15 showing this Saturday afternoon, at the St. Anthony Theatre, 125 S. E. 115 Main Street in Minneapolis.

If there is any way that you can join me in showing support of his very personal documentary, I would greatly appreciate it. It's a great way to spend a couple hours on a rainy afternoon and support local talent.

Tickets can be purchased on-line for $10. You can find out more about the film at the festival at http://www.mspfilmfest.org/
If you look under Programs and Minnesota Made films, you will find “Numb.”

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Hello the awesome OLIVIA is back and posting again. I know everyone's happy. Well anywho, back to what I'm supposed to be typing about. Like those pics up there? Yah, I made them, well except the teeny tiny little cupcake bites and the teeny tiny little donuts those were mom's. Otherwise it was pure OLIVIA! I mean who else can make a PERFECT replica of my mother's Lovely, Lovely Lemon Bread? And her delicious Romen Chocolate Cake? What about the Lime Chiffon Cake? (Which is purple because I ran out of white;P) Well, huh? Yah I know I'm the bomb. NEXT!

My brother on the other hand was in a green mood that day. Although I also made the Gummy Bear. Apparently he doesn't like making mini food. Well, he made A) a snake B) a baby with a silver head and C) a glass ball. They're actually kinda cool. Don't you think? NEXT!

Now this......mmm looks so good doesn't it? I mean who doesn't LOVE bacon cheeseburgers? Or french fries for that matter. Not talking about soda like that though cuz I know many people who don't like soda. I do though:). One day I was just taking everyone's orders on what they wanted me to make for them so my brother chose bacon cheeseburgers with french fries and soda. OK NEXT!

So who's craving some pizza? My sister made this one. I'm pretty sure she made this for my dad. He loves pizza. Everyone in my family loves pizza. Well, everyone except me. But that's not important, what is important is getting back to this. See she made this look so appetizing even I would eat it! (Remember I'm the one who doesn't like pizza.) YUM!!! NEXT!

Here is one of my favorites. I made it. It's............... SUSHI! Yup you guessed it. To make it I actually had to look at a picture of my mom's sushi cake. I made two little platters. One for my Aunt and one for my Uncle. Both of them love sushi. My mom thinks this is the "cutest" one I made. You have to admit it's totally awesome and tubular. I think so too. The funny thing about this is I don't know what anything is called other than the fortune cookie. But hey, who cares! NEXT!

Last but not least STEAK, PASTA, and peas. Now this is something I'll eat! Other than the peas. You know what's funny? My sister actually made this for me! Oh how nice, I know. I made her the cupcake in the first picture. Notice how she even made the T-Bone! The colors were perfect for steak too. Yah I know it's so cool. Well, it looks like I'm done posting so.......

Monday, April 5, 2010

How can you not just smile until it hurts looking at this?! This is my new little nephew, Jasper Joseph. Here is the downside of all of this wonderful business, I haven't even met, face to face (only on Skype) this little blessing. He lives in Chicago and well, I don't. It hurts my heart not to be able to smell his sweet little head or hold him while doing the "mom bounce". I could just cry talking about it, but I know he understands and supports me anyway. Here's the proof.

This is what I woke up to on the day of my big roll out at Kowalski's. I asked my sister how she managed it and she said after about 75 photos, they got one that worked! This is now my desktop picture and I could stare at him all day. Everday. Which I try to do. Everyday.

So everything went great with my venture at Kowalski's and I thought I would share a couple pictures. My sister, Jeanne came up with one of her sons, T-Dog and helped out. I am so thankful to have such good helpers and taste testers in the family. Now if I could get them to move up here...

We had many chickie cupcake pops to get ready. Here they are before their debut.

As my dear, crazy friend Lori says- "Time to bag 'em!" (No she doesn't work for CSI, she just doesn't get out much.) Isn't she a pro- look at that technique! I am pretty sure she had no idea what she got into leaving her 6 kids and husband to help me out. Strangely enough, we managed to laugh the whole way through. She's another one I keep working on to move up here. I think I need to provide a steady stream of margaritas for her next visit to help seal the deal.

Here are the chickies awaiting their call to duty the night before we took them into Kowalski's. The lighting is off a bit again, sorry. I was trying for natural light, but at 3 am - there was none to be found. And coincidentally, at 6 am there is far too much!

After many hours of sharing info on me and my products, it was time to wrap it up and get home. My tivo was calling!

I say that like I went home and watched tv, not so much. But it sounded better than...

It was time to get home and figure out dinner, clean up my kitchen, color easter eggs and make sure my family had clean clothes for church. See what I mean :)